2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy in Massachusetts

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 15,416 people earned their degree in pharmacy, making the major the 48th most popular in the United States.

Across Massachusetts, there were 1,110 pharmacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 802 pharmacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,213 and $99,210 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in pharmacy. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great pharmacy programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the pharmacy program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Pharmacy in Massachusetts

#1

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$23,280 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts. Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 601 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

MCPHS University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Pharmacy Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at MCPHS University are $23,280, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Pharmacy at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

#2

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$25,558 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Pharmacy Schools for a Doctorate in Massachusetts. Northeastern University is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 135 doctorate’s pharmacy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northeastern, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Pharmacy Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern are $25,558, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Pharmacy at Northeastern University

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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